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(No Model.) H. M. DIXON.

SOLDERING IRON.

No. 334,942.. Patented Jan. 26, 1 886.v

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT Trina HENRY M. DIXON, OF NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, AND HENRY S. HOLLINGSWORTH, OF BROOKLYN, N. Y.

SOLDERlNG-IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,942. dated January 26, 1886. Application filed July 21,1885. Serial No. 172,197. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, HENRY M. DIXON, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Soldering-Irons, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved solcleriiigiron. Fig. 21s a sectional side elevation of a part of the same turned one-quarter around and enlarged.

This invention pertains to an improvement in soldering-irons; and it consists of the combination of parts, including their construction, substantially as hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

A represents the stock, which is provided with a shank, l3, and a handle, 0, in the ordinary manner. The stock A is made of castiron and with its tip end larger than its other or handle end, and tapers gradually from a point near its tip end to its handle end. The tip end of the stock A is beveled to correspond with the shape of the tip D. The tip D is made of copper, and may be of pyramidal form, as shown in the drawings, or of any other form, as the character of the work for which it is to be used may require.

Upon the base of the tip D is formed a tang, E, which is inclined to fit into an inclined perforation, F, formed in the stock A. The base of the tip D is slightly beveled at a, and the end of the stock A,around the end of the perforation F, is correspondingly countersunk at b to give the said tip a firm seat. The tang E and the perforation F are made with a slight taper, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and 0 the tip D is secured in place by a pin, G, resting in a cross-groove, H, in the side of the stock A, and passing through a groove or recess, I, in the lower side of the tang E, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

With the greatest amount of metal at the tip end of stock, the heat will be retained longer than if the tool were otherwise constructed.

It is obvious that, the tip being readily detachable, the same can be replaced by another of a different shape, as the work to be done may require.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Thesoldering'iron comprisingthe stoekhaving its larger or tip end countersunk and an oblique perforation extending through it, and the tip shouldered at its inner end and provided with an oblique tang extending from said shoulder, and having in its under side near the outer end a transverse groove, together Witha pin passed through an aperture formed by said groove and a groove in the stock jointly, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

HENRY M. DIXON.

\Vitnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, EDGAR TATE. 

